Grow a Garden, Save Water or Energy - The 350 Home and Garden Challenge

John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ invites each one of his viewers to participate in the 350 Home and Garden Challenge happening this weekend, May 14 and 15. In this video you will learn how we can foster massive change if each one of us take a small action. In this episode you will learn how growing food, saving water, saving energy and even making adjustments to what you eat have an impact on our mother earth.

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• Garden
• Challenge
• Green
• Energy
• Water
• Save
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• global
• warming
• greenhouse
• gasses
• co2
• carbon
• dioxide
• biodiesel
• alternative
• fuel
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• enviornment
• climate
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• power
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[kschouest]

At the 32:44 marker in this vid, you mention that your Evolve showerhead has a 1.5gpm flow. I went straight to the Evolve site after watching this video. I do see the cool Lady Bug adapter with the pull-string, as you have, for saving hot water, but I do not see the particular showerhead that you show in your video except in the 2.5gpm choices. The 1.5gpm offered on their site looks much smaller. Would you mind sharing with us the exact name of the particular one you have? Thanks, John!

[growingyourgreens]

The one I purchased was about a year or two ago, at costco. I believe it was a special unit made for costco by evolve. Maybe it has since been discontinued? Im not sure. I dont have a specific 'model' name. The specs look very similiar to the roadrunner design they currently offer.

[RobBurnsDrums]

Hey John, great job on all of your videos, didn't hear about your challenge until Sunday but I was planting anyway, planted a bunch of lettuce and herbs and a perennial vine, Passion Flower. By the Way, have you ever grown passion flower? The one that I bought actually makes an edible fruit after the flower similar to passion fruit so I thought you might be interested.

[growingyourgreens]

Yes, I have grown passionflower for the fruit. It grew about 2 years before it didnt make the frost in the winter. I loved it. It was planted where my grape vines are currently planted. I would like to find a variety that is frost toleraant (of my climate) without protection in the winter AND has a bountiful and delicious harvest. I think I may have a passion flower vine growing in the greenhouse now. Another variety I will grow in the greenhouse soon(?) is Jamacian Orange. Very Sweet :)

[StarStryder1]

@ 32:00 this guy looks guilty of something lol. BTW I will be working on a compost project this weekend and raised garden beds.

[growingyourgreens]

Guilty of Contributing to Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Supporting the Meat Industry?? or Maybe his wife thinks he's vegan and now she knows he isn't?

[houe250]

The reason to eat a plant based diet (vegan) is not to save the planet. The reason is for our health and I don't recommend even 10% meat - I'd recommend 0%. Eating a meat based diet indeed takes a lot of resources and is contributing to the high prices for all foods and gas. The price we pay for eating meat is both health and financial - its not worth it. We exhale CO2 and plants exhale oxygen. CO2 is no more a pollutant than oxygen is.

[GreenLoveBreda]

I'm a little late, but maybe it counts for the next challenge. I started growing food this winter, and in this year's summer I'll be growing a lot in my mom's garden. I'm also studying Sustainable Energy Technology. I like to keep the heater off when I'm home alone, and instead wear a double layer of clothes when it's cold.. Oh yeah, I also own a little 22 year old Suzuki Swift that has a great mpg-age. That's enough? Great vids Jon!

[greekcabanaboy]

its 391.80 ppm now

[4micaman]

Cow crap makes great fertilizer. Bull crap however, well, it comes from DC and their propagandist.

When I was in high school, they told us we were headed for another Ice Age. Now, they tell us we're going to burn up. Cyclical is what most scientist agree on.

[YU24924]

i love watching you vid. i have rasied bed garden in

Tx.

[ramonalisa]

It is always a pleasure to listen to your passion. I want to put in a hydroponics garden into my basement. last year was not a good year for gardening here on Mount Uniacke. I sprout and now I am going to grow leafy greens indoors ...I hope....lol...thanks john for amazing info and keeping us entertained at the same time.

[gabriellegion1]

i now grow 60 + containers organiclly.  i work in a resturant that is wastefull so i grab the compostable waste and rib bones (for home made bone meal)

[Helenelalala]

Thank you so much for your hard work and all your infos John! I love you! On my side I sprout about half of my veggies, I grow about 5-10 non edible apartment plants, I don't need animal products to be very active and healthy, I help at least 2 people to improve their diet and one of them does not need animal products either. I'm studying to make an aquaponic system!

[hittjw]

Thanks for what you do. That weekend I setup seed and salad trays, watered from my rain barrel, and I work out of a home office so I don't have a commute during the week. Every bit helps.

[KS1618]

John thanks for all your hard work and information.

I just finished a large veggie garden with drip system.

Upgraded to an energy saving front load washer and all appliances are energy star.

Starting recycling at home and at work. I work at a computer shop and have put in recycle bins for ink cartridges, batteries, and cell phones at the store.

And changed all our light bulbs.